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Vol. XIX, No. 28 Friday, March 13, 1981

Caisson overhaul now being done at

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The visible portion
of the caisson
being floated into
the Balboa drydock,
at left, is actually
just the "tip of the
iceberg" since the
caisson's true size,
seen at right, is
only evident when
it is "high and dry."
The lighter color on
the lower half
results from
barnacles which
grew on the
caisson while
it was moored at
Cristobal.

Photos by
Kevin Jenkins
and
T. G. Kaye Richey

The huge caisson which is nor-
mally moored in Miraflores Lake
has found a new, temporary home in
the Balboa drydock while under-
going a major overhaul.
Caissons are used primarily during
locks overhauls. When a caisson is
floated into position outside of the
miter gates at one end of a lock
chamber, the compartments in its
lower part arc filled with water,
causing it to sink and block off the
entire width and depth of the lock
chamber.
Four pumps inside of the caisson
then empty the lock chamber of
water at a rate of approximately
12,500 gallons per minute, a process
which takes between 24 and 30
hours. Once the chamber is dry, the
caisson's function is to hold the
water back, just as the miter gates
normally do. The miter gates can
then be removed or worked on in the
chamber.
The Commission has two caissons,
the other one being moored in

Gatun Lake. The caisson currently
in drydock was manufactured in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at a cost
of $820,000 and was delivered to
Panama in 1941.
A major overhaul of the 113.8-
foot-long, 33.6-foot-wide and 66.6-
foot-high steel structure is no small
task. The caisson was moored at
Cristobal for three months while
work was done inside and outside
above the waterline. To finish the
work on the below-water parts of the
caisson, it was necessary to float it
into the Balboa drydock for an
additional three-month period. The
drydock is now the property of
Panama but its use is guaranteed to
the Commission when necessary.
One major task of the overhaul is
replacing the double wooden seal
that runs down both sides and along
the bottom of the caisson to make it
as watertight as possible. This seal,
which is 15 inches wide and 6 inches
thick, is made at the Industrial
Division's Wood Shop in Mount

Hope of Basra locus, or Angelique,
an extremely hard wood that comes
from Surinam in South America.
This wood is still the most effective
material that has been found for this
purpose, primarily because it resists
attack from marine borers and rot.
A coating of special preservative
protects the outside of the steel
caisson and the inside chambers
which are flooded when the caisson
is sunk. Overhaul work includes
removing the old coating and
replacing it with a new one. The four
large electrical pump motors inside
the caisson, together with all elec-
trical connections, must be repaired,
if necessary. In addition, any steel
plates that show corrosion are
replaced and all valves are carefully
inspected and repaired as necessary.
The cost of the caisson overhaul is
approximately $1,300,000. Although
this is more than the original cost in
1941, the estimated replacement cost
today is far in excess of that amount.

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Wild animal pets rabies risk

People who choose to keep wild
animals as pets are running a grave
risk to themselves, family, friends
and to the pet itself.
According to statistics released by
the Center for Disease Control in the
United States, there,is an increasing
frequency of wild animal pets being
found rabid. In 1979 in the United
States and its territories, 5,145
laboratory-confirmed cases of ra-
bies in animals and five cases in
humans were reported. This was a 67
percent increase over the average of
the last five years, and wildlife rabies
accounted for 88 percent of these
animal cases.
There is no way to determine for
certain whether or not a wild animal
has rabies except to examine the
animal's brain tissue. If a wild
animal such as a skunk, raccoon, or
monkey bites a person, then the

Panama Canal Pilot Capt. Peter Chris-
tian, left, presents a Panama Canal
brochure in the Japanese language to
Capt. Isami Makishima; master of the
Japanese containership "New York Maru,"
during a recent transit of the Canal. The
brochure, printed in full color, contains
information on the waterway, the Panama
Railroad, the Commission, points of
interest and general information on the
Republic of Panama. Formerly published
only in English and Spanish, it has been
translated into five additional languages.
Pilots are taking the brochures aboard
transiting ships so passengers and crews
who speak French, German, Russian,
Chinese and Japanese can now read
about the Canal in their native languages.

Photo by Arthur Pollack

animal must be destroyed to find out
if it is rabid and whether the person
must therefore undergo treatment
for rabies.

Dr. Paul Dowell, chief of the
Veterinary Division, emphasizes
that rabies in wild animals is still not
completely understood, and he
strongly recommends not keeping
wild animals as pets. Dogs and cats
should be regularly vaccinated for
rabies-every three years for dogs
and annually for cats. Pet owners
are advised to follow the recom-
mendations of their local vet-
erinarian.

Only emergency

housing repairs

done after hours
Occupants of Commission hous-
ing are reminded that maintenance
and electrical work requested out-
side of normal work hours will be
performed at Commission expense
only when the situation constitutes
an immediate hazard to safety,
health or security; when an essential
utility is inoperable and no substi-
tute is conveniently available; or
when the situation is one which will
result in immediate danger to life
and property.

In cases of emergency, calls
should be directed to the Housing
Office between 7:15 a.m. and 4:15
p.m. on workdays, or to the
telephone operator at 113 at all
other times. The caller will be told by
the Housing Office or by the
telephone operator at 113 whether
or not the after-hours work re-
quested meets the criteria detailed
above.

If it is determined that the after-
hours work requested is not an
emergency, overtime labor costs will
be charged to the quarter's occupant
if the caller does not agree to the
postponement of routine work until
the next normal workday.

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March 13, 1981

y Troop holds
membership drive
Boy Scout Troop 15 is holding a
membership drive this month.
Boys in the sixth grade or older in
the Albrook area are invited to visit
a troop meeting and find out what
Boy Scouting is all about.
For more information, call Den-
nis Spurlin at 86-3231.

Swim classes
The next eight-week session of the
Balboa Y's Super Saturday Swim
lessons begins tomorrow. Classes
are divided into the following
categories: Ages two and three; ages
four and five; ages six, seven and
eight; ages nine and older; AB, I and
S badge; and adults. Individual and
family rates are available. For more
information, call 52-2839/2759.

Corned beef dinner
The Fern Leaf Chapter No. 4 of
the Order of the Eastern Star is
holding a corned beef dinner tomor-
row from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Balboa Scottish Rite Temple. Tickets
for the dinner will be on sale at the
door and cost $3.50 for adults and $2
for children under 12. The entire
community is invited to come and
enjoy this delicious meal.

West Point anniversary
The commemoration of the 179th
anniversary of the founding of the
United States Military Academy
will be celebrated with a dinner-
dance starting at 6:30 p.m. on
Saturday, March 21, at the Fort
Amador Officers' Club.
Highlighting the occasion will be
a presentation by Panama Canal
Administrator D. P. McAuliffe who
will speak on this year's theme, "The
Republic of Panama and the United
States Military Academy."
All U.S. Military, Naval, Air
Force and Coast Guard academy
graduates are invited to attend.
Those who have not received an
invitation should contact Maj. Ed-
ward Tobin at 87-3260 or 82-3395.

Dining out in Gamboa
The Gamboa Country Club dining
room is now being operated by the
club management and is open every
day except Monday from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m.
From Tuesday through Friday a
delicious luncheon special is served,
and a variety of scrumptious salads
is also featured.
On Wednesday evenings a dinner
special of international cuisine is
offered. In addition to these special
meals, the regular menu is always
available.
The management invites everyone
to come out and enjoy a fine meal in
a relaxing atmosphere which in-
cludes one of the most beautiful
views on the Isthmus. No member-
ship cards are required.
For further information or for
details on the club's catering service,
call the manager at 56-6490.

Mid-season
softball tourney
A mid-season softball tourna-
ment will be held beginning at 10
a.m. tomorrow and Sunday at the
Industrial Division softball field.
Both Class A and Class B teams
from Industrial Division will com-
pete in this tournament. Spectators
are welcome to come and cheer the
team of their choice.
Art exhibit
An exhibit entitled, "Panamanian
Painters' Interpretations of Car-
nival" is now being held at Galeria
Arte 80, located on the ground floor
of the El Prado Building on Via
Argentina in Panama City. The
gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. and from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. The
exhibit closes on March 23.
FEW meeting
A briefing on parliamentary pro-
cedures will be given by Dr. Ana
Mora Wakeland at the general
membership meeting of Federally
Employed Women to be held at 4:30
p.m. on Wednesday, March 18 at the
Panama Canal Training Center. The
public is welcome to attend.
USO show
Enjoy the sounds of the Lou
Marek Express at the upcoming
USO show being sponsored by the
Valent Recreation Center on Fri-
day, March 20. The fun begins at 7
p.m. and the band will play a wide
variety of music for your listening
pleasure. Admission is free and
everyone is invited to attend.
Beautiful-baby
contest
A beautiful-baby contest is being
organized by Marian Marie Tiblier,
the Commission Atlantic-side De-
pendent Youth Act\iities carnival
queen candidate. The contest will be
held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the
Margarita Parish Hall as a fund-
raising project for the DYA. Babies
from one day to four years old may
be entered in the contest to compete
for one of the beautiful-baby
trophies. To enter the contest you
must bring the baby or a photograph
of the baby to the parish hall and pay
an entry fee of $5. The Sweet
Adelines will be on hand to entertain
during the judging. Entrance to the
show costs $2 for adults and $1 for
children.

Gun club trap shoot
The Rodman Gun Club will hold
a trap shoot at 10 a.m. on Sunday,
March 15 at the Balboa Range at
Farfan. This will be a 16-yard shoot
consisting of 100 targets. There will
be a $5 trophy fee and trophies will
be awarded. The barbecue pit will be
available for participants and their
families who would like to cook
their picnic lunches. For more
information, call Mary Tucker at
82-4183 or 82-3182.
School Advisory
Committee meeting
Parents and teachers of the
Balboa area are invited to attend the
next meeting of the Balboa Elemen-
tary School Advisory Committee at
7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, in
Room 203 of the Balboa Elementary
School.
Donald Grant, director of the
Panama Region, Department of
Defense Dependent Schools, will be
the guest speaker. A variety of
subjects will be addressed and a
question and answer period will
follow.
Refreshments will be served.

San Bias tour
Get away from the city and spend
the weekend on one of the lovely San
Bias islands. Valent Recreation
Center, through Gordon Dalton
Travel Agency, is sponsoring an
overnight trip to San Bias on March
21-22. The cost of the trip is $87 per
person which includes round trip air
transportation and hotel expenses.
For more information, call the
Center at 87-5526.

Table tennis
An Open Table Tennis Tourna-
ment is being sponsored by the
Balboa Y on March 14 and 15
starting at 9 a.m. Participants may
enter the following categories: Vet-
erans, age 40 and over; teenagers 13
to 17; youth, ages 12 and younger;
women's open, all ages; men's open
doubles, all ages; mixed doubles, all
ages; and open, all ages.
Trophies will be awarded and the
International Table Tennis Federa-
tion rules will be used. A small entry
fee will be charged for each category
and registration is still open. Sign up
by calling 52-2839/2759 or by
coming by the Y.

Pilot ground
school
Pilots seeking commercial or
instrument pilot ratings are invited
to register for the instrument pilot
ground school which will begin on
Tuesday, March 24. The seven-week
course will meet Tuesdays and
Thursday from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. in
Building 5534, Ro6m 5, in Diablo
Heights, next to the tennis court.
The course is taught by FAA-
certified instrument flight instruc-
tors and advance registration and a
deposit are required. At least ten
persons are needed for the class. For
more information about tuition and
registration, call Ed Armbruster at
52-2503 or John Cotton at 82-3425,
evenings.

El Valle trip
Take advantage.of the fun and
bargains at the El Valle market on
Sunday, March 15; Valent Recrea-
tion Center is sponsoring a tour to El
Valle, leaving from the Center at 6
a.m. The cost is $4.50 for adults and
$3.50 for children under twelve.
Reservations are necessary and
tickets must be paid for in advance.
For more information, call 87-5526.

Magic course
The Brigade Dependent Youth
Activities Office has announced the
start of a class in magic in the near
future. The six-week class involves
the fundamentals of basic magic,
principles of being a master of
ceremonies, and comedy. Sessions
will be held on Thursdays from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Fort Clayton
Youth Center, Building 155.
Learn the tricks with the famous
magician, "Dr. Mark." An Amateur
Magician Diploma will be awarded
at the conclusion of the course. A
magic kit, book and materials will be
available.
Sign up today by calling 87-4408.
As soon as enough participants sign
up, registration will be conducted.
The class is for everyone over six
years old.

The smiling faces of these members of the cast of "Dark of the Moon" show only one facet of the
characters they portray. In the back row, from left, are Nina Carlson and Conchita Davis. In the
front are Sally Talburt, Walter Lenneville and Paula Meli. This drama with music, playing at the
Theater Guild until tomorrow, asks audiences to decide whether the end ever justifies the means.
For reservations, call 52-6786.

EMT class
The Isthmian Association of
EMT's (Emergency Medical Tech-
nicians) will hold an exercise on the
use of the self-contained breathing
apparatus (mask). This will be
conducted in the smoke house of the
Rodman Fire School at 9:30 a.m. on
Saturday, March 21.
A short lecture on the use of the
mask will precede the exercise. This
exercise will be part of a rescue drill.
Please wear the appropriate attire
(slacks or blue jeans) for this type of
work.

Pest control
Need information about home
pest control? The Fort Davis
Recreation Center will present a talk
by Major H. Harlan, a well-known
entomologist, who will speak on the
different types of insects that
residents in Panama may find in
their homes, and how they can be
controlled. The talk will be given on
Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at
the Center.

Overeaters Anonymous
on Atlantic side
A new chapter of Overeaters
Anonymous will hold its first
meeting on Monday, March 16, at
the Margarita Red Barn beginning
at 7:30 p.m. The group will meet at
the same time every Monday and
offers fellowship, information and
moral support to its members. There
are no fees, no dues and no weigh-
ins. For information, call 46-4909.

Soccer coaches
The Panama Canal Commission
Recreation Services Division needs
volunteers to coach the youth soccer
teams during the 1981 season.
Games will begin in April and
coaches are required to have two
practice sessions per week and one
game each Saturday.
There will be a pre-season clinic
offered by the Recreation Services
Division for all coaches participat-
ing in the league. For more
information, call the office at 52-
7967.

Auditions for melodrama
Auditions for the delightful mel-
odrama, "Only an Orphan Girl,"
will be held at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday and Thursday, March
18 and 19 at the Theatre Guild in
Ancon. Auditions for olio acts,
calling for singers, dancers, ma-
gicians, pantomimists and anything
else you can think of, will be held at
7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 20 at the
Theatre Guild. People of all agesare
welcome to come and try out for this
incredibly corny melodrama to be
directed by Bill Gonzalez and co-
produced by the College Players and
the Theatre Guild. For more in-
formation, call the director at 52-
6040.

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Early this morning, Theodore
Gildred Jr., an American business-
man, is to begin a flight from San
Diego, Calif., to Quito, Ecuador, to
commemorate the 50th anniversary
of the 4,000-mile goodwill flight
made by his father on March 13,
1931. Piloting "Ecuador II," a 1942
vintage single engine Stinson Re-
liant, Gildred will follow the route
taken by his father when he made the
pioneering flight in "Ecuador I," a
single engine Ryan Brougham,
similar to Lindberg's "Spirit of St.
Louis."
Gildred's flight, named the "Spirit
of Good Will," is sponsored by the
Aerospace Museum of San Diego
and the Chamber of Commerce of
San Diego and has the support of

the State Department and Congress.
Its purpose is to call attention to the
Museum and to foster goodwill
between the United States and Latin
America.

At each stop along the route to
Quito, there will be an exchange of
keys to the city and commemorative
proclamations to Latin American
aviation. Gildred and his copilot
Wally Moore are expected to arrive
in David, Panama, on March 21
and, after scheduled events there,
will fly to Panama City for a 6-day
stopover before continuing on to
Quito.

In the earlier flight, the elder
Gildred and his copilot had an-
ticipated a relatively easy 10-day

flight. However, rough terrain,
poorly designed maps and bad
weather turned the trip into a
dangerous adventure. Heavy rains
forced him to remain in Panama for
several days and when he took off
for Quito, bad weather forced him to
fly back to Santa Elena on the coast
of Ecuador.
On March 31, Gildred made a
perfect landing in Quito, at the
airport that had been constructed
especially for his arrival. He was
given a hero's welcome and was
presented Ecuador's Gold Medal of
Honor in recognition of the good-
will flight. The Ecuadoran Govern-
ment bought the historic plane and it
became the country's first airmail
plane.

Photo by Kevin Jenkins
Ken Willis, like many other ham radio enthusiasts, built some of his
own radio equipment and spends a lot of his free time conversing
with fellow radio operators all over the world. What do you say to a
stranger? Willis admits that the favorite topic is the weather.

Ham radio operators save

the day by saving a life

by Jan Meriwether
A combination of quick thinking
and professional expertise, together
with abit of luck, was responsible
for saving the life of a man during a
.diving emergency that occurred in
San Blas on Saturday, February 28.
Luck was involved in this drama
when Ken Willis, supervisor of the
Industrial Division's Diving and
Salvage Depot in Gatun, Dr. Phillip
Akers of Coco Solo Hospital and
Dr. Alvin Sholk of Gorgas Hospital
just happened to be practicing one of
their hobbies on that particular
Saturday afternoon. Willis, Akers
and Sholk are amateur radio
operators and were tuned in to the
Maritime Mobile Services Net fre-
quency.
The "Net" is a volunteer group of
ham radio operators based in the
United States, which regularly mans
a certain radio frequency. Anyone
who needs emergency assistance can
call in to this frequency and be
assured of reaching someone.
A woman in San Blas was on the
Net frequency asking for help for her
52-year-old husband who had been
diving and was suddenly suffering
severe symptoms which included
paralysis of both legs, loss of pain
sensation in the lower part of his
body, nervousness and extreme
discomfort. Both Willis and Akers
recognized these as symptoms of
decompression sickness or "the
bends," an illness which occurs when
a diver stays down too long or does
not decompress adequately when
surfacing after a dive. The result is
that nitrogen bubbles form in the
body tissues.
Both Willis and Akers are divers
who have had special training in
diving medicine. They offered their
assistance, and the Net operator on
duty coordinated the radio end of
the rescue operation.
After Willis, Akers and Sholk
spoke by radio to the diver and his
wife, Sholk contacted the U.S. Air

Force Rescue Coordination Center
which responded by sending a
MEDDAC Air Ambulance to San
Bias to evacuate the man to Gatun
for treatment in a recompression-
chamber. The chamber, located at
the Diving and Salvage Depot, and
another such chamber located on
the depot's diving barge, are the only
recompression chambers available
south of Mexico City.
The chamber is a large tank into
which compressed air is pumped.
The air pressure in the tank can be
adjusted equivalent to a certain
water pressure. The affected diver is
thus returned to the high-pressure
environment and brought ba&k by
stages to normal pressure allowing
the gas bubbles to be slowly
assimilated by the body and to be
expired through the respiratory
tract.
The man, attended by Dr. Akers,
underwent recompression in the
chamber equivalent to being at a
depth of sixty feet. After about five
hours in the chamber, his condition
greatly improved and he was taken
to Willis' home on Sunday for
observation. He was later admitted
to Coco Solo Hospital, but the
symptoms persisted and Akers and
Willis decided that further treatment
in the recompression chamber was
necessary.
This time, the air pressure in the
chamber was brought down equiv-
alent to a depth of 165 feet, and the
man improved steadily under this
pressure. The air feels extremely hot
and heavy under pressure, Willis
explained, but it does the job.
Commission divers Edward Mar-
shall and Brian Plaisance also
attended the stricken diver in the
chamber.
The patient was transferred on
Monday, March 2, from Coco Solo
Hospital to Paitilla Hospital in
Panama City. Willis, who has been
in daily contact with the man,
reports that he is recovering rapidly.

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Sin track and field events

Junior varsity track and field stars
vied to break records and win awards
at a recent track meet held at
Curundu Junior-Senior High School.
Above right, the look of dismay on
Sparty Jordan's face eloquently ex-
presses how he feels about one of his
scores, while Balboa racer Dierdre
Mateer, above left, stretches to cross
the finish line seconds ahead of
Cristobal High School relay-team
member, Vannia Evans. At left, Jor-
dan tries again, this time at the broad
jump, and below, Bulldog teammates
exchange the baton in the boys'relay
race moments ahead of the Curundu
team. They are, from left, Kevin Vase,
Juan Cazorla, Frank Klein and Jesse
Mendiola.

The Isthmian College Club will be
awarding three scholarships this
spring.
Two of the scholarships will
amount to at least $1,000 each for
study at an accredited college or
university in the United States.
To be eligible, a student must be a
graduate of Balboa High School or
Panama Canal College and have
attended either or both of these
institutions for a total of two years.
The Club will also award a $500
scholarship for the continuing edu-
cation of an adult to be used at
Paama Canal College, Florida State
University or Nova University.
This award, which is being offered
for the fifth time, is intended to offer
encouragement and aid to an adult
who has had to interrupt his or her
education for some reason and who
has a strong desire to pursue college
studies.
Applicants must have graduated
from or attended a United States,

Canal area, DODDS, or an ac-
credited overseas U.S. high school
for at least two years and have lived
on the Isthmus for at least three
months. If they did not graduate
from high school, they can complete
the GED test to qualify for ad-
mission to college. At least one year
must have elapsed since applicants
attended high school. The scholar-
ship is open to those who have not
attended college before as well as
those currently enrolled in either
Panama Canal College, Florida
State University, or Nova Uni-
versity.
All scholarships are open to men
and women. Applications must be
made by March 31. Blanks may be
obtained from the counselors at
Balboa High School or Panama
Canal College, or from Dr. Jorge
Quir6s at Florida State University.
For more information, call Alice
Latimer at 52-7896, between 8 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m.

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How to Apply: Applications must be submitted to the Employment and Placement
Branch. Building 366, Ancon, or Building 1105, Cristobal, on Form 443, APPLICATION
FOR TRANSFER, no later than seven (7) days from the date of this publication. This 7-day
deadline is subject to extension at the request of the Division advertising the vacancy, or as
decided by the Chief, Employment and Placement Branch. Qualification Standards may be
reviewed at the Library-Museum. Further information may be obtained from the
Employment and Placement Branch, telephone 52-3583, 52-7996 or 43-7219.
Status Applicants: During the period of the presidential hiring freeze, applications from
straus applicants outside the Panama Canal Commission will not be accepted for the above
Ksrdicapped Applicants: Qualified handicapped individuals may call or visit the
Coi;?.:_ator for the Employment of the Handicapped Program for counseling with regard to
anr c-f ihe above-listed vacancies. The Coordinator's office is located in Building 366, Ancon,
:ttephone 52-7867.
Repromotion Consideration: Employees downgraded as a result of RIF will be given
automatic priority consideration for repromotion to any of the permanent vacancies listed
abo\e for which they qualify. As a double check, however, employees who believe they are
entitled to such priority consideration should apply for vacancies in which they are interested
and indicate on the application form that they were demoted in RIF. Consideration of
candidates for repromotion will precede efforts to fill the position by competitive procedures.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration
for appointments without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, partisan
political affiliation, handicapping condition or any other non-merit factor. A separate
application must be submitted for each job listed.

*The base salaries listed above are the entry salaries for employees hired locally for the first
time after October 7, 1979. These salaries, except those identified as critical skill, will be
adjusted to either the Canal Area Wage Base, or the U.S. Wage Base, depending on the
eligibility of the applicant selected. A tropical differential will be added to the applicable wage
bases of eligible U.S. citizens. A recruitment/retention incentive will be added to the
applicable base salaries of employees recruited from outside the Republic of Panama.
**Critical skill position (for which a need for off-Isthmus recruitment exists).
'Written test required.

Scholarships offered by College Club

Goverriment
teachers.

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employees, including

Five supervisors of
the Pacific
Maintenance Branch
recently received
Special Service
Awards in
recognition of their
outstanding job
performance in the
Completion of work
on vacant
Commission housing
ahead of
Schedule. From left
are: Fernando
Martinez, Pacific
Maintenance Branch
chief, who presented
the awards; Julio
Famiglietti;
Carlton Allison;
Alejandro Guillett;
Michael Coffey;
and Juan Kaa.

Willie K. Friar; Sherrilyn McCullin,
daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Ralph S.
Favorite, and Hugh Rand, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Austin S. Rand.
William Friar and Hugh Rand are
seniors at Balboa High School while
Melissa Biggs and Sherrilyn Mc-
Cullin are in college after com-
pleting high school requirements in
three years. With its four finalists,
Balboa High School has more than
any other school in the Department
of Defense Dependents' Schools
system.
The 13,500 finalists represent the,
top half of one percent of the more
than one million students who took
the preliminary Scholarship Ap-
titude Test/National Merit Scholar-
ship Qualifying Test and who were
selected semifinalists. To become

finalists, the semifinalists must be
selected by their schools and be
recommended for scholarship con-
sideration, confirm their high PSAT/
NMSQT scores with an equivalent
performance on a second examina-
tion, provide evidence of high
academic performance, and supply
information about their other ac-
complishments.
When advising the finalists of
their selection, the executive vice
president of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation wrote:"...
you.have good reason to be proud of
qualifying as semifinalists and then
becoming a finalist in this rigorous
competition. You have demon-
strated exceptional academic ability
and promise for becoming a leader
in whatever field you choose."

DeMolay Week to be observed locally

Pacific Chapter, Order of De-
Molay, will join other chapters
worldwide for the observance of
DeMolay Week March 15-22, and
the 62d anniversary of the founding
of the order.

A full week of activities has been
planned beginning with Devotional
Day on Sunday, which includes
attending church and a brunch;
On Monday, Cleanliness Day, the
DeMolays will clean the outside of
the building and grounds of the
Scottish Rite Temple at Balboa;
On Tuesday, Courtesy Day, they
will take canned goods to a home for
the aged needy in Panama;
Wednesday is Fidelity Day and
will be dedicated to DeMolay Order
activities;
Thursday is Filial Love Day and
DeMolays will devote the day to
their parents;
On Friday, Patriotism Day, the
DeMolays will wash all the vehicles
at the Balboa Police Station;
Saturday, Comradeship Day, will

be devoted to physical fitness and
sports activities at the Diablo
School gym and the Curundu Junior
High School area;
Sunday is Reverence Day and the
observance will close with the
DeMolays attending the church of
their choice.
Activities chairman for the group
is Master Counselor Phillip Har-
barger. Stephen Bellofatto Jr. is
vice-chairman and Junior Coun-
selor Michael Gordon is coor-
dinator of activities.
The international young mens'
organization is concerned with
building good citizenship, useful
leadership and a cleaner environ-
ment. There are 2,300 chapters
throughout the United States and
the free world, with nearly three
million members. Young men of
good character between the ages of
13 and 21 are eligible for member-
ship. The Pacific Chapter is spon-
sored by the Lodge of Perfection,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
of Freemasonry.

Four Balboa High School stu-
dents have been named finalists in
the 1981 National Merit Scholarship
competition. They are Melissa Biggs,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel W.
Biggs; William S. Friar, son of Mrs.

College to offer

Women's Studies
The first course in a new Women's
Studies Program will begin at the
Panama Canal College on Thurs-
day, March 19.
The Women's Movement in the
20th Century will meet for two hours
on Thursday from 4:40 to 6:30.
The one-credit course will present
an overview of the history of the
women's movement in America, and
will emphasize significant events
and contributions made by women
in the 20th century.
Rita Sosa, instructor of the
course, is a teacher in the DODDS
system. She has an M.A. in H,uman
Relations and was the 1980 winner
of the Soroptimist Award for the
Caribbean Area: "Women Helping
Women."
According to Rhoda Mahler,
coordinator of the new Women's
Studies Program, a one-year cer-
tificate in Women's Studies will be
offered by the College. Announce-
ment of other courses in the
program will be made soon.
Those wishing to enroll in The
Women's Movement in the 20th
Century can do so this week at the
College office. Tuition refund for
the course is available to many U.S.